Is anyone using Optifast? I started this on Wednesday and am starving??

Can't help you on the starving comment but I would strongly reccomend (sp?) switching to Slimfasts Low Carb version over the Optifast. The majority of the band docs really push the high protein regime and the Low Carb Slimfast has both the highest Protein grams as well as the lowest Carb grams of any of their varieties. I use to drink the protein powder drinks until I realized that the low carb slimfast not only gave me as much protein as most of the protein powders but also gave me many vitamins/minerals.

The two stores I've found that carry it are Walgreens and Sams Club

Hi wendy100

i've been on optifast for 11 days now and it's incredibly hard. i am hungry a lot in the afternoon and evenings... to the point where i have trouble getting to sleep.

i have got around this onthe odd day by having an extra bar.. i figure the diff between 3 and 4 optifast meals cant really make that much difference, particularly since i started a few days early - but then my surgeon didnt say i "have" to lose a certain amount.

good luck with it. i know it's hard.

t

I did 4 optifast shakes per day and I found I had no hunger at all after day 3. Meals were so easy, no thinking involved at all. Perhaps you are suffering from head hunger more than actual hunger. I drank a lot of water and black coffee and tea and crystal light in between my shakes. I'm not sure if your doctor has you doing 4 shakes per day or the 3 shakes per day and 1 meal of veggies like some docs do. I lost 27 lbs in 3 weeks on the Optifast and it was the easiest quick weight loss of my life. Hang in there, it will help with the surgery to make your liver smaller.

I am doing 3 shakes, 1 bar, and 1 soup until the surgery...then 5 shakes...this is what my doctor carries...not sure about slim fast...I drank that one time and felt really odd, plus the flavor sucked. I like the optifast and today is better...still hungry but better. thanks and congrats on your losses!

I thought Optifast tasted so awful. Unjury is so much better. I ended up making my own shakes by buying a brand from my local organic store with soy milk which helped me feel more in control of my shake intake.

You didn't like the Optifast? Wow...a friend of mine thought it was awlful too. I thought I would hate it but I actually like all 3 flavors. I think this must get easier with time!